Non-Students at Vic Dances

Non-students are attending university dances. This was particularly obvious at the last dance held in the S.U.B. The doorman, Mr G. Ross said that he did not think that he had let in more than 20 Vic students the whole evening.

Commenting on this, the Social Controller, Mr G. McKay, pointed out that a motion had been passed at the last social committee meeting, that publicity should be directed at students in any studying capacity in the Wellington area, including nursing and pharmacy students.

Mr McKay said that he certainly wasn't going to evict those who were not Vic students. He felt that this type of action would have an adverse effect on town-gown relations. "As long as they are studying something in this town—that suits me," he asserted. He told Salient that he had personally invited a number of nurses to the dance. Notwithstanding the number of outsiders, the dance was far from crowded.

Advertisements directed at the students of the city had been placed in the Evening Post before the last dance. However, this practice will have to be stopped, because, according to Mr Moriarty, the President of Students' Association, advertising to the general public puts the functions into the category of public dances, and higher rates have to be paid.